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Comparative Legal Linguistics: Language of Law, Latin and Modern Lingua Francas
Heikki E.S. Mattila
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. This second edition has been fully revised, updated and enlarged. A new chapter on legal Spanish takes into account the increasing importance of the language, and a new section explores the use (in legal circles) of the two variants of the Norwegian language. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and include more detailed footnote referencing. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists.
504 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 11, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138255593 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 504 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 157 × 32 mm · 786 g |
| Language | English |
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